How to solve iPhone 5 Vibrator Problems?

IPhone 5 Vibration problem is surely a big one especially for the people who likes to keep their phones on vibration mode. Keeping one’s phone in vibration mode is surely the need, and this is mainly because it is recommended that one should keep his phone on vibration or silent when in hospitals, religious places, schools, colleges, universities etc. so that others won’t disturbed, besides that in crowded place you might also not know who is calling you. Therefore it is highly recommended that you should fix this problem in first place.

Following is the set of iPhone 5 Vibrator problems that you may encounter along with their solutions:

Problems

No vibration in iPhone.

Slow vibration.

Random vibration (Sometimes it vibrates and sometimes it doesn’t).

Reasons of Problems

Vibrator itself might have become faulty due to any of the reasons.

Vibrator problem also arises due to water or any kind of physical damage.

Connection between on-board connector and vibrator’s contacts could be broken.

There could be dust or rust over vibrator’s contacts.

Any of the components or vibrator controller IC can also be faulty.

Workaround

Go into phone settings and check vibrator status. Toggle between ON – OFF and check.

Restart your phone and check.

Hardware Solution

For low vibration, the only thing that you can do is to replace your vibrator, as this is the problem in your vibrator not in your phone’s circuit or components.

The very first thing that you need to do is to check vibrator with the help of a multi-meter, if it is damaged then replace it.

Clean vibrator’s contacts and check.

Now check on-board connector of vibrator. Last two pins of on-board connector are +VE and –VE pins. (check picture for reference)

Make sure that the connection between on-board connector and vibrator’s contact is intact, if no then change entire vibrator strip (Volume button included).

Gently heat vibrator controller IC. If it is still not working then replace it.

All the above mentioned steps will surely help you to resolve your iPhone 5 vibrator problem in the best possible manner. If you are lucky enough then your phone’s vibrator will start working simply after a restart, but if it doesn’t then you need to follow the above mentioned hardware methods in order to solve the problem.